Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD -- a fictional drama made with the same group of actors over a 12-year period from 2002-2013 -- takes a one-of-a-kind trip, at once epic and intimate, through the exhilaration of childhood, the seismic shifts of a modern family and the very passage of time.
The film tracks 6 year-old Mason (Ellar Coltrane) over life’s most radically fluctuating decade, through a familiar whirl of family moves, family controversies, faltering marriages, re-marriages, new schools, first loves, lost loves, good times, scary times and a constantly unfolding mix of heartbreak and wonder. But the results are unpredictable, as one moment braids into the next, entwining into a deeply personal experience of the incidents that shape us as we grow up and the ever-changing nature of our lives.
As the story begins, dreamy-eyed grade-schooler Mason faces upheaval: his devoted, struggling single mom Olivia (Patricia Arquette) has decided to move him and older sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater) to Houston – just as their long-absent father Mason Sr. (Ethan Hawke) returns from Alaska to re-enter their world. Thus begins life’s non-stop flux. Yet through a tide of parents and stepparents, girls, teachers and bosses, dangers, yearnings and creative passions, Mason emerges to head down his own road.
IFC Films presents a Detour Film production of BOYHOOD, written and directed by Richard Linklater (Before Midnight, Bernie) and featuring Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater. Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland produced the film, with Jonathan Sehring and John Sloss serving as executive producers. The cinematographers of the film are Lee Daniel and Shane Kelly. The production designer is Rodney Decker and the film is edited by Sandra Adair.
Thursday 4th September
166 min
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Drama
